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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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